Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser., 1887-04-15
Sflsrf Rsaoing.
WHAT THE SUNBEAM CONFIDED
TO JOHNNY.
BY HELEN OSBORNE KREHBIEL.

Here | am at last, and | am not
sorry the Journey is over. Ninety
thee millions Of miles is quite "A re-
spectacle trip for one to make inside
of ten minutes. think | am fully
entitled tosrest.' And the Sunbeam
that uttered the above exclamation
threw himself right across the book
that Johnny Thurston was studying,
anl stretched himself out as If he
IN ant 10 take things easy for some
time to come. The bored expression
on Johnuys freckIed fee Instantly
gee way to a smile, for 1t seemed So
o i 10 hear sunbeam talk
I'm glad If anything amuses vou. !"
remarked the little intruder. cheeriis;
".ou seem 10 be always having hard
enough time Of II when YOUR IN
SCHOOL. peeped in yesterday as |
went hy and your ewes were positively
rctl. What sai the matter
Astronomy" said Johnny. disgust
et.Iy; Il bate it l'ean't remember a
~drd Of it. and get kept in always
alter scsool," :"
IL - horrid dry study. that's a
fet," replied the Sunbeam. but just
as # hr we're laughing TO himself. III
yaa could travel as fast As ! can you
might rnn away where nobody could
fl.d you
"icw ia. can Won go:" asked
Jimmy. all attention. Can You beat
aud ; -
he san beam laughed. Professor
ioung, ~ho keeps track of such
things. saws run about lS6. $50 miles
IN - s.cnud. aud never heard an,
one doub, his word. He's that crlc-
bra,ed astron mer down in Prince
ton -
Don't mention astronomers IN me.
interrupted Johnny, PetuIsntIy; they
have gwen ne heaps Of trouble Read
this stupid stun in my lesson"
Ths sunbeam sidIri up 10 the lines
indicated by Johnny. and read aloud !:
1.-The radius, vrctor Of each plane,
sweeps over equal areas in equal
TIMES
Johnny made up nanseatea face.
Il don't think could remember
that myself" said the Sunbc m, which
statement gave him warm place in
Johnny's heart.
so YOU belong TO the SUM-" he be
gan admlrlnglS: "hes bigger, | sup
pose, Than the earth have you any
idea how much:"
"a vague idea" saiu the Sunbeam
If YOU should let sim
gle grain of heat stand for the earth
then to represent the sun ycu would
need heap consisting of over one
million, three hundred thousand
grains
My. but hc'sa bis one calculated
Johnny.
"If you could hollow out the sun"
continued the Sunbeam, encouraged
by Johnny's wonder aud surprise,
"like I've seen you hollow out Il pump
kin, when YOU have male Jack o
lantern, aud then put the earth III tn.
center of this scooped out she'll. there
would te room enough l. f To chuck
in the moon at the proper distance
240, 900 miles away from the earth,
and rom for another moon 10000
miles beyond that. Professor Young
is my authority for this-ln TACT, he
told me the other day that the sun is
so much bigger than the earth that
the fellow who could go around the
world in eighty DAYS, would need a
bout twenty four years of just such
rapid travelling to get around the
SUM-
GLOW much do you suppose the
sun would weigh" urged .Joh"ny.
"Well, he is not m de of such solid
S utf as the earth, replied the Sun
beam, land, consequently, doesn't
weigh AS much i'll proportion; bat he's
heavy enough for all practical pur
poses. II von had some scales big
to hold the sun, 1t would take
100000 weights, each one the weight
of the earth. before you couli balance
things. You don't care much for
arithmetic, | believe. and thiuk 1t ra-
ther dull, like astronomy; but may b
you would like To know the sun 5
weight in round figures" Aud the
Sunb ann Looked up inqulrinsly, but
as il he did not Intend to venture IA
single figure unless he was urged.
"Go on" said johnny. "Go on
AS long as | haven't got to multiply
anything, don't mind
Take your slate, then, and write
the figure 2, and after it train of
twenty ceven ciphers," said the Sun
beam.
Whew!'e reclaimed Johnny. That's
more pounds than | can read OFF,
pounds! who said pounds - de,
manded the Sunbeam. "Tm sure
didn't; | was talking about tons, two
octillion tons!'
Johnny gave low whistle of aston
ishmcnt which attracte his school
tonabo,', oftapfinp on1 ,un,I1 bo